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This listening practice simulates the fourth section of the IELTS Listening test. Listen to the audio and answer questions 31-40.
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Questions 31-34
Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.

Write your answers in boxes 31-34 on your answer sheet.

31. How do wolves help protect local crops?

32. What does the lecturer say about bears?

33. What economic change has the park brought recently?

34. Why do some wolves die on mountain roads?

(A) is correct. Wolves hunt wild boars that would otherwise damage crops such as potatoes, root vegetables and grain.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They keep sheep away from fields.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They reduce the need for fences.

Associated Text:
a lot of damage can be caused to farmers' crops by wild boars, which would dig up and consume potatoes, root vegetables and grain in the fields if they weren't hunted and killed by the wolves.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They are attracted by crop damage.

(B) is correct. Established wolf packs keep bear numbers in check and push bears away from inhabited areas.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They have become more common near villages.

Associated Text:
Wolves are highly territorial, and where wolf packs are well established they actively keep bear numbers in check, so bears are pushed away from inhabited areas.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: more paid farming work.

(B) is correct. The park is now attracting significant visitor numbers, creating an important new source of revenue.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: higher prices for sheep wool.

Associated Text:
the park is encouraging visitors to the area in significant numbers, and that has become an important new source of revenue.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They follow sheep trucks.

(B) is correct. Wolves crossing mountain roads at night are struck by vehicles while moving between hunting grounds.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They are trapped near village entrances.

Associated Text:
wolves often regard the quieter mountain roads as safe routes between hunting grounds.

Questions 35-40
What point is made about each danger or protection method?
  1. use a guard animal
  2. hide dangerous ground
  3. cause illegal suffering
  4. remove sheep cover
  5. cost too much
  6. work best in combination
  7. use warning sounds
  8. keep wolves off roads
  9. involve frozen rivers
  10. be legal after attacks
  11. need several animals

Write the correct letter A-K next to questions 35-40.

35. heavy winter weather

36. trapping wolves

37. clearing vegetation

38. permanent shelter

39. keeping a donkey

40. playing recordings

The correct answer is B because snow drifts can conceal road and gully edges, causing injuries.

Associated Text:
a number die each year from injuries sustained when there is a lot of snow on the ground, since drifts conceal the edges of roads and gullies.

The correct answer is C because trapping wolves is illegal and can cause prolonged suffering.

Associated Text:
farmers may shoot them, which is illegal but understandable, or they may trap them, which again is illegal and can cause prolonged suffering.

The correct answer is D because clearing vegetation removes the natural cover sheep would use to hide.

Associated Text:
this is counterproductive, as it removes the natural cover the sheep would otherwise use to hide in

The correct answer is E because a permanent shelter with stone walls and a roof would cost too much for most upland farmers.

Associated Text:
providing a permanent shelter, ideally with stone walls and a roof. But this would cost far too much for most upland farmers to be a practical solution

The correct answer is A because donkeys are effective at chasing predators away from flocks.

Associated Text:
donkeys are, you know, surprisingly effective at chasing predators away.

The correct answer is G because recordings of human voices or rival wolf packs can deter wolves overnight.

Associated Text:
Wolves dislike the sound of unfamiliar human or rival pack activity, and a recording on a timer can be very effective overnight.

Note: After the instruction audio, you will have 20 seconds to look at questions before listening to the talk.
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